Abstract:
Designing and implementing commercial systems based on Wireless communication
technology has been an enormous area of interest among many researchers and
developers. In a country like Sri Lanka the task of collecting meter reading data related
to energy consumption of each and every consumer is a monotonous job. Thus, this
paper proposes design and implementation of a Global System Mobile (GSM) based
Automated Energy Meter Reading System (AMR) that aims to reduce this monotonous
work by automating the process of collecting data from consumer’s electricity meter.
The integration of the embedded Microcontroller (Energy Measurement System) and
GSM modem provides the meter reading system with some automatic functions that
are predefined. The AMR continuously monitor the energy meter and send the data to
the energy provider using the GSM modem as well as send alerts to the consumer via
SMS and Email regarding the energy consumption of a particular energy meter unit. In
case of failure of payment of dues by a consumer the energy provider can disconnect
the power supply of consumer from the energy station. With this automation, a
software application with database management system has been proposed in this
project to facilitate the bill generation and transmission of data via SMS and Email at
the server end.
